ARABSAT & SKYNET Launch Data
Keith Stein (kstein@erols.com)
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 11:00:55 -0800
Hello all,
Here is the pre-launch orbital predictions for the Ariane/Arabsat/Skynet
launch on February 26th;
NOMINAL ORBITS
ARABSAT @ SEP SKYNET @ SEP
EPOCH (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 057/23:03:55.500 057/23:08:58.600
PERIOD (MIN): 635.720 633.661
INCLINATION (DEG): 7.000 6.999
ECCENTRICITY (DEG): 0.731425 0.730791
SEMI-MAJOR AXIS (KM): 24490.8720 24437.9570
ARGUMENT OF PERIGEE (DEG): 178.000 178.029
RA OF ASCENDING NODE (DEG): 315.123 315.120
MEAN ANOMALY (DEG): 1.817 4.690
START ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET:000:19:55.500 000:24:58.600
END ORBIT TIME (HHH:MM:SS.SSS)MET: 000:24:58.600 003:00:00.000
HEIGHT (KM): 287.5771 916.0221
INJECTION LATITUDE (DEG): 1.72S 4.363S
INJECTION LONGITUDE (DEG): 7.01E 29.943E
INJECTION INERTIAL AZIMUTH (DEG): 96.754 95.455
INJECTION TIME (D/HH:MM:SS.SSS): 057/23:03:55.500 057/23:08:58.600
Keith Stein, Editor
Military Space
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